24 GARDEN DESIGN 



Yuccas of our gardens are natives of the 

 often cold plains of Eastern America, 

 hardy in, and in every w^ay fitted for, 

 English gardens, but not amidst English 

 trees. Is the aim of the flower-garden 

 to show^ the " modest foliage " of English 

 trees when almost every country house 

 is surrounded by our native woods ? 

 According to such childish views, the 

 noble Cedars in the park at Goodwood 

 and on the lawn at Pain's Hill are out 

 of place there ! What is declared by 

 Mr. Blomfield to be absurd is the soul 

 of true gardening — to show, on a small 

 scale it may be, some of the precious 

 and inexhaustible loveliness of vegetation 

 on plain or wood or mountain. This is 

 the necessary and absolutely only true, 

 just and fair use of a garden !^ 



